From propitiation to expiation,although the word does not appear in the NT, it can mean the same as atonement, it tells us all the good aspects that Christs sacrifice brings to us when we trust Him as our Saviour . They are so many, all our sins are forgiven everyone of them, we are told that ,'the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin'.(1 John 1 v7)Yes every sin,all are forgiven,there is a friend of mine who was brought up as a Roman Catholic,he was a very earnest Catholic.The problem was he never had the assurance that his sins were forgiven,Eventually he trusted the Lord and he then had the assurance that his sins were forgiven.The most important thing in all our lives is to know that our sins are forgiven. Yes the wonder of the atonement is that our sins can be forgiven.So many things flow from the atonement ,God becomes our Father,He will be a perfect Father, we also receive eternal life,the Spirit of God,peace with God,and the peace of God,the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts, and so we could could go on, enough to say we are truly blessed.
'Thou didst not spare Thine only Son ,
But gav'st Him for a world undone,
And freely with that blessed One
Thou givest all.
For souls redeemed, for sins forgiven,
For means of grace and hopes of heaven,
Father, what can to thee be given,
Who givest all'.
Words C . Wordsworth.
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